Abduction

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Abduction may refer to:

Of a person or people[edit]

  • Alien abduction, memories of being taken by apparently nonhuman entities from a different planet
  • Bride kidnapping, a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
  • Child abduction, the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person
  • Express kidnapping, a method of abduction where a small ransom that a company or family can easily pay is requested
  • International child abduction
  • Kidnapping, the taking away of a person against the person's will
  • Raptio, large scale abduction of women, either for marriage or enslavement
  • Tiger kidnapping, taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something

Sciences[edit]

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Literature[edit]

  • Abduction (novel), a 2000 novel by novelist Robin Cook
  • Abduction!, a 2004 novel by Peg Kehret
  • The Abduction, a 1987 novel (Norwegian title Bortførelsen), written in Norwegian by Mette Newth and translated into English by Steven T. Murray and Tiina Nunnally
  • The Abduction, a 1998 novel by J. Robert King set in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons

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